Folks trying to drop a few pounds often run into problems between meals – like with snacks. I know I do. When you’re extremely hungry and dinner or lunch isn’t quite ready, it’s easy to stray and eat fattening snacks – like crackers, chips or too many nuts. One snack that is both satisfying and nutritious is popcorn – but not all types of popcorn. A medium-sized box of buttered movie popcorn … [Read more...]
Love That Zoysia
Got to play my first round of golf in 2017 at Old Trail in Crozet. The course was a like a sponge after several days of rain, but the greens were firm – fast, even – and the fairways with all that Zoysia grass were a genuine pleasure to play. I am not a big divot taker – which is why I probably don’t score well – but on Zoysia, the ball sits up perfectly and you don’t have to take a big … [Read more...]
Citation Perch at Beaverdam Reservoir
Russell Holmes, a Beaverdam regular from Richmond, reeled in 9 yellow perch citations over the weekend. He fished alone away from the crowd on the north side of the lake. Russell released every single fish caught alive and well. Park Supervisor Michelle Maynora-Hostinsky says the water is 40 degrees and the pool is full. Numerous citations were caught last week, including bass, crappie and … [Read more...]
Church Book Cooking
During the life of most every church in America, at some point the ladies of the church gather and print their special recipes in a spiral bound cookbook. I have a number of these and they are among my most treasured books - the old recipe collections from churches of my past. I have a recipe book from the Centenary United Methodist Church in Clemmons, NC. This church was founded in large part … [Read more...]
Butch Wax and Flat Tops
Throughout World War II, American soldiers wore crew cuts, or GI’s as they were often called. It was a rallying point for the troops to have their locks collectively sheared to the scalp. After “The Boys” came home in 1945 and in years to follow, the crew cut became the hair to wear for young Boomers. “I want a GI,” were the instructions to the barbers of that era. For a quarter, and in about 3 … [Read more...]
Closing up Shop
Dr. Ken Neill, III It is a time of closures in Virginia’s fisheries. Sea bass, one of our best wintertime fisheries, is closed. The bay striped bass season is closed. You can still fish for them in the bay. Some anglers were doing just that in the New Year, right up to the snow. You can even release a citation for these fish…at least as long as we have a citation program. There have been … [Read more...]
Where Do They Go?
I enjoy watching the birds come to my feeders and the scattered seed on the ground in the winter. They seem appreciative, as do I, having these wonderful creatures close by. I suppose I have several hundred birds that visit on a daily basis. But where do they go when they’re not in my yard? I have trees and shrubs and cover. Where do they go? Yesterday, I glanced out the window and the … [Read more...]
Striper News
From Stripers Forever Striped bass anglers from North Carolina to Maine, responding to the 14th annual fishing survey from the national striped bass conservation organization Stripers Forever had mixed reactions to the fishing they experienced during 2016. Overall, there was some modest improvement in sentiment with only 66% reporting the fishing as worse or much worse than during the … [Read more...]
Winging It
Bathroom scales don’t lie. No matter how you may rationalize that homemade bread isn’t as fattening as store-bought stuff - therefore you can eat a bigger slice for toast with butter and jam– the scales simply tell it like it is. You eat more calories than you burn, and you’ll gain weight. Period. Weighing every day, recording it and trying to eat sensibly – not on some super strict diet – … [Read more...]
Our Beautiful Barriers
Ed. Note: I began writing professionally in 1975, so I have a lot of articles on file. Since news about the outdoors will be a little skimpy for the next two months – while Mother Nature takes her sweet time warming things up – I thought I’d pull a few pieces from the archives – or “the morgue” as they say in the newspaper business. This first piece was penned on July 1, 1994 for publication in … [Read more...]
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